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Through these breeding and rearing Bangaii Cardinals, Clownfishes, Dottybacks, Octopuses, Shrimp, and other saltwater livestock resources you can easily learn how to breed, hatch out, and rear your own tank-raised fish and invertebrates.

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Dottybacks & Clownfishes - Pairing For Breeding
From Tom Miller's EZ Reef site, information contributed by Martin Moe, Jr. that pertains to both Orchid Dottybacks (Pseudochromis fridmani) and Clownfishes and to help better understanding the mating and pairing of these individual fish species.

Breeder's FAQs
From Jeff Pfohl's Marine/Fish Index, information and tips on breeding Damsels and Banggai Cardinal Fish.

Rotifers - Production & Application of
From the NetPets Saltwater Library, Liu Fengqi gives information about various types of rotifers, their principles, and how to produce them as an essential food source.

Rotifers - Growing Rotifers, Artemia & Green Water
From Tom Miller's EZ Reef site, an article by Jake Levi on how to culture rotifers and other species to feed marine fry, larvae, and corals.

Fish, Tank-Raised Marine Aquarium
From Tom Miller's EZ Reef site, in this reprint article written by Tom Miller for the Feb.1997 issue of Marine Fish Monthly, Tom gives an overview of what he learned about tank-raised marine aquarium fish after returning from a two day conference/seminar on captive coral, live rock and sand farming at GARF.

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Fish - Spawning FAQs
From Jeff Pfohl's Marine/Fish Index, discussions about successfully bred species, rearing Angelfish larvae, and much more about the spawning characteristics of marine fish.

Fish - Captive Marine Fish Rearing
From the NetPets Saltwater Library, this is the texted format of a #reef chat that Maria-Laura C. Harris hosted to discuss and answer questions asked about the rearing of captive marine fish.

Dottybacks - Breeding Arabian
From Tom Miller's EZ Reef site, Tom shares the excitement of the birth of his Arabian Dottybacks and how it all came about.

Banggai Cardinals - Raising
From Tom Miller's EZ Reef site, Adeana Bishop contributes information about breeding and raising these beautiful fish.  Photos included.

Banggai Cardinals - Breeding
Here is an excellent article written by Rennie Bowe for the Fish N'Chips Newsletter (April 2001 Issue) that covers in great detail how to breed Banggai Cardinals, Pterapogon kauderrni.

Banggai Cardinal Breeding Info
From Keith Clarke's Reefers Realm site, photos and information from Keith about hatching and rearing his Banggai's.

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